A young cowboy named billy joe
Grew restless on the farm
A boy filled with wanderlust
Who really meant no harm
He changed his clothes and shined his boots
And combed his dark hair down
And his mother cried as he walked out
Don't take your guns to town son
Leave your guns at home bill
Don't take your guns to town
He laughed and kissed his mom
And said your billy joe's a man
I can shoot as quick and straight as anybody can
But I wouldn't shoot without a cause
I'd gun nobody down
But she cried again as he rolled away
Don't take your guns to town son
Leave your guns at home bill
Don't take your guns to town
He sang a song as on he wrote his guns on at his hip
He rolled into a cattle town
Smile upon his lips
He stopped and walked into a bar
And laid his money down
But his mother's words echoed again
Don't take your guns to town son
Leave your guns at home bill
Don't take your guns to town
He drank his first strong liquor
Then to calm his shaking hand
And tried to tell himself at last he had become a man
A dusty cow poke at his side
Began to laugh him down
And he heard again his mother's words
Don't take your guns to town son
Leave your guns at home bill
Don't take your guns to town
Filled with rage
Then billy joe reached for his gun withdrawal
But the stranger drew his gun and fired
Before he even saw
As billy joe fell to the floor
The crowd all gathered round
And wondered at his final words
Don't take your guns to town son
Leave your guns at home bill
Don't take your guns to town
滚动歌词&翻译贡献者:十月之梦